stərˌpeɪt, ɪkˈstɜr verb (used with object), ex·tir·pat·ed, ex·tir·pat·ing.
1.
to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
2.
to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to remove or destroy completely |
| 2. | to pull up or out; uproot |
| 3. | to remove (an organ or part) surgically |
| [C16: from Latin exstirpāre to root out, from stirps root, stock] | |
| extir'pation | |
| —n | |
| 'extirpative | |
| —adj | |
| 'extirpator | |
| —n | |
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extirpate
1530s, usually figurative, from L. extirpat-/exstirpat-, pp. stem of extirpare/exstirpare (see extirpation). Related: Extirpated; extirpating.
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